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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Santa's Whiskers - My new cookie to try this Holiday Season

I found a recipe online back in 2001 and printed it off - but it always went into my one cookbook. Every Holiday Season I would go through the sack of recipes and decide which ones to make - this one always was put to the side - but I never had the heart to throw it away. I knew I wanted to make them some year.

Well, 9 years later - it finally happened - after a few personal tweaks of the recipe - the "Santa's Whiskers" came to life. The biggest challenge with the recipe is cutting up the candied cherries. Wow are they sticky, sticky, sticky! That was the most time consuming part of the entire process - but well worth all the effort.

My Step-Mom makes cookies she calls Santa Whiskers and she will not give any of us the recipe and only makes them once a year. I love them soooo much I have been searching for a recipe like this one. All the others have egg and no coconut. This has got to be it! Can't wait to try it!